Garment-bagging device



Oct. 29, 1929; H, R A 1,733,423

' GARMENT swam; navrcz Filed March 23, 1928 Q 3 7 .9 r 11 r 10 1i 13 By & 2 7 Allorney5 Patented Oct. 29, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT? OFFICE GARMENT-BAGGING DEVICE Application filed March 23, 1928. Serial No. 264,093.

This invention relates to a garment bagging device such as is employed for mounting paper bags over various garments such as clothing, coats, dresses and garments to protect same while being delivered or stored.

Various devices having for their ob ect to facilitate the application of bags over garments have been designed, but up to the present time these have either been too expensive to come into general use or, such as have been of the simpler and less expensive type have not been able to meet all of the requirements of the trade.

One object of my invention is to design a bagging device so that it is capable of being mounted either overhead or on the side wallsof the store or room, thereby enabling it to be put where most convenient, and I provide an adjustable support by means 29 of which it can be brought to the requisite height and position relative to the ceiling or sidewalls. V I

A further object of my invention isto provide a bagging device with a rigid L-shaped hanger having a swivel connection to its mounting bracket, its vertical leg forming an adjustable support from which the garment to be bagged is hung, and its lateral leg carrying guides for a pull cord for a bag engaging slide which works freely, be-

ing counterbalanced by a handle on the cord.

Another object of my invention is to provide the vertical leg of the garment sup porting hanger with an undercut slide guide having an enlongated seat through whichthe beg clasp on the slide works.

A further. object of my invention is to provide a slide guide in the form of two telescoping members of approximate channel shape,

there being a set screw attachment which will lock the members at the desired adjustment and will not interfere with the free passage thereby of the bag.

A further object is to flexibly suspend the slide guide from its hanger so that it is free to swing, thereby avoiding the obvious ob jections to a rigid guide.

A further object of my invention is to provide the hanger with a set screw engaging its swivel by means of which its lateral arm can be presented in the desired position for most convenient operation.

My invention further comprises the novel details of construction and arrangements of parts, which, in their preferred embodiment only are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my bagging device shown mounted on a side wall.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal cross-section taken on the line IIII of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on the line III-III of Fig. 1.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

In the embodiment of my invention illustrated, I show the bagging device as mounted upon an adjustable bracket preferably formed byan outer sleeve 5 carrying a base plate 6 adapted for attachment by any suitable means to either the side wall or ceiling.

A tubular member 7 telescopes in the sleeve 5 and is adapted to be locked in the desired adjustment by a set screw 8. A bracket member 9 is secured in the end of this tubular member 7 and has a flattened radially ribbed vertically disposed surface having a central opening to receive a bolt 10 by means of which a complementary bracket member 11 with a similarly ribbed face is connected thereto, said bracket members being held in the desired angular adjustment by a wing nut 12 engaged on the screw bolt 10.

The bracket member 11 has a shouldered swivel hanger 13 which serves as a support for a T-shaped hanger that comprises a vertically disposed head 14.- and a horizontally disposed arm 15. The head is recessed to receive half of the swivel member 13 and a plate 16 overlying the head portion 14 and suitably bolted thereto forms a complementary socket member to receive the swivel hanger 13. A set screw 17.will engage the swivel and lock the hanger 14 in the desired adjustment about the swivel.

The head members 14: and 16 near their lower ends have transverse registering grooves to receive a D-ring 18 which will rock therein and from this ring is freely swung the adjustable garment support and Cir slide guide which comprises two substantially channel-shaped telescoped guide members 19 and 20, the out-er member 19 having side flanges drawn inwardly over the correspondingly shaped flanges of the inner member 20 so as to interlock the members free for telescopic adjustment. In the upper end of the inner guide 19 I secure'a hook 2 1, which engages the'D-ring 13 in such manner that thegarmeut is suspended free for universal play.

The groove provided in the inner slide member 19 receives a slide 22 which works freely up and down therein as a guide and this slide carries a spring clip 23 which projects from the opening in the guides and engages the paperbag 'or the like 24. This slide has an eye 25 for the connection to a pull cord 26 which passes upward and about an idler pulley27 journaled in a bracket 28 provided on the hanger head 14 and then about an idler 29 on a similar bracket 30 pro vided at the outer end of the hanger arm 15. The free end of this cord carries a handle 31 which is adapted to substantially counterbalance the slide 22.

In order to adjust the slide members'19 and 20,1provide a clip 32 which embraces the slide members as shown in Fig. 3, and is provided with a hole in the back which is threaded and receives a set screw 33 which passes through'an aperture in the outer guide '19 and takes a bearing againstthe inner guide 2O. v Since the sides of the clip overhang the sidesofthe outer member 19, it follows that when the set screw is run in it will force the inner sleeve 20 outwardly and clamp it between the sides of the sleeve 19, thusholding the two slide elements interlocked in any desired adjustment longitudinally of the hanger. To prevent the set screw forming an obstruction on which the paper bag might hang as it passes it,'I- provide a-spri ng guide 34 which is countersunk to receive the head of the set screw 33 and thus will guide the bag freely past it in both directions.- A hook 35 is attached at the bottom of the inner guide 20' to receive the hookof a garment hanger 36 from which any suitable garment to be bagged is suspended. t i In operation, having assembled the device in the manner described and having attached the plate 6 to the side wall or ceiling as may be desired and adjusted to the tubular member 7 to bring the hanger in the right position, the set screw 8 is applied; then the set screw 17 is loosened and the T-arm swung to the desired position and then the screw 17 is tightened. The set screw 33 is then released and the slide guide members adjusted to bring the hook 35 to the desired height for the garments to be bagged, after which the set screw 33 1s tightened, locking the guides in the desired adjustment. The apparatus is then ready for use and customarily this is carried out as follows. The lower end of the guide 20 is inserted through the hole in the top of the bag and the latter is shipped up into position to be engaged by the clamp 23 on the slide, after which the handle 31 is grasped and the slide is run up high enough to expose the hook 35. The garment is then hung from this hook 35 and the bag is grasped and pulled down over the garment.

The handle 31 will hold the bag and slide counterbalancedat any position and it will leave the slide always free to come down with alightpull on the bag that will not necessarily disengage it from the clamp, thus bringing the clamp and slide down and leaving them in position to receive the next-bag. By lifting the handle 31 at any time the slide will run down by gravity to receive the bag and there is material advantage in having this counterbalanced slide, as it avoids any definite limitation as the position in'which it must be run to support the bag and leaves entire freedomfor adjustment according. to the varying-lengths of bags that may be employed. Y

It will be noted that my bagging device is made up of light metalcastings and stamping in standard shapes which enable it tobe very economically produced and supplied at a reasonable cost to the trade. The flexibility of its various adjustments makes it availablefor use in almost any position and thus permits it being mounted where none ofthe present bagging devices could 'beinstalled. The device is light and can be knocked down for'simple packaging. and in'erqoensive shipment.

Though I havedescribed with great particularity the details of theembodimentof the invention herein shown,.it :isnot to 'be construed that I am limited thereto, as changes in arrangement 3 and substitution of equivalents may-be made by those skilled in the art without departing'from the invention as de lined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, -is:. I 7 r 1. A garment bagging device having a support, an extensible slide guide connected to said support and formed of longitudinally adjustable members, means to hold said members in adjusted positions, means toliang a garment from the guide, and a bag-carrying slide freely movable along said guide.

2. A garment bagging device having a support, an'extensible slideguide connected to said support and formed of longitudinally adjustable members, means to hold said members in adjusted positions, means to hang a garment from the guide, a bag carrying slide freely movable alongsaid slide, and a counterbalancing flexible-operating means for the slide. r

i 3. A garment bagging device' having a support adjustable as to length and adapted for attachment to side Wall or ceiling, an extensible slide guide connected to said support and formed of longitudinally adjustable members, means to hold said members in adjusted positions, means to hang a garment from the guide, and a bag carrying slide freely movable along said guide.

4. A garment bagging device having a hanger support, an extensible slide guide freely suspended from said support, means to hang a garment from said guide, and a slide movable along said guide and carrying means to engage a bag.

5. A garment bagging device having a hanger support, an extensible slide guide freely suspended from said support, means to hang a garment from said guide, a slide movable along said guide and carrying means to engage a bag, and means to operate the slide.

6. A garment bagging device according to claim 5. in which the slide is always free in the guide and counterbalanced by its operating means.

7. A garment bagging device comprising a bracket, a hanger swivelled on the bracket, an extensible slide guide swung freely from the hanger, abag engaging slide freely movable along said guide, and means to hang a garment from the slide.

8. A garment bagging device comprising a bracket, a hanger swivelled on the bracket, an extensible slide guide swung freely from the hanger, a bag engaging slide freely movable along said guide, means to hang a garment from the slide, and flexible slide operating means having guides in said hanger.

9. A "arment bagging device comprising a bracket, a hanger swivelled on the bracket, an extensible slide guide swung freely from the hanger, a bag engaging slide movable along said guide, means to hang a garment from the slide, and a counterbalance means flexibly connected to the slide and accessible to manipulate the slide.

10. A garment bagging device comprising channel-shaped telescoped members, means to support the guide overhead, means to hang a garment from the guide, and a slide movable in the inner member and carrying a bag engaging member opposite the openmg in the channel.

11. A garment bagging device comprising channel-shaped telescoped members, means to support the guide overhead, means to hang a garment from the guide, a slide movable in the inner member and carrying a bag engaging member opposite the opening in the channel, and means to adjust the guide members comprising a clamp adapted to engage the outer side member and carrying a set screw adapted to engage the inner guide member, there being a hole for the screw in the outer guide member.

12. A garment bagging device comprising an adjustable bracket adapted for wall or ceiling attachment, a hanger having a vertical head swivelled from said bracket and a lateral arm, a slide guide suspended from said head free to swing, a slide freely movable in said guide and carrying a bag engaging element, an operating cord for the slide having guides on the hanger and carrying a counterweight for the slide, means to adjust the slide longitudinally, means to hang a garment from the lower end. of the slide guide, and means to guide the bag past the slide adjusting means.

In testimony whereof I afilx my signature.

ARTHUR H. RYAN. 

